Tolerance
This species, known as a specialist species, lives in bamboo forests and only eats bamboo to acquire energy
What are pandas?
This is the what we call the organism that is harmed during parasitism
This terms means an animal eating a plant
What is herbivory?
These organisms introduce energy to ecosystems, typically through photosynthesis
What are producers/autotrophs?
This type of succession begins with only rocks and takes an extremely long time
What is primary succession?
This term means a species that cannot adapt to changing habitats and typically only eats one or two types of food
What is a specialist?
This type of symbiosis means one organism is helped while the other is hurt
What is parasitism?
This term means one organism hunting and killing another
What is predation?
This rules states that 90% of energy is lost as energy moves from one trophic level to the next
What is the 10% rule?
This type of succession occurs after a natural disaster - soil is already present
What is secondary succession?
This type of organism has a wide range of tolerance, meaning it can survive in multiple types of environments and can eat a wide range of foods
What is a generalist?
This type of symbiosis means both organisms are benefitted by the relationship
What is mutualism?
This term means an organism's role in it's environment
What is a niche?
This purpose of this process is to allow organisms to convert sugars, such as glucose, into usable energy
What is cellular respiration?
These organisms take dead/decaying matter and break it down through chemical processes
What are decomposers?
This term means the part of a niche an organisms occupies due to competition - the "real-world" applies to this
What is a realized niche?
This type of symbiosis means one organism is helped while the other is unaffected
What is commensalism?
This term means multiple species use resources in different ways, enabling them to coexist
What is resource partitioning?
If the producer level has 1,000J of energy, how much energy would be available to the primary consumer level?
What is 100J of energy?
These organisms eat dead matter - they are not decomposers because they do not use a chemical processes
What are detritivores?
This term means that two species competing for the same niche cannot coexist
What is the competitive exclusion principle?
In order for a symbiotic relationship to be defined as a close relationship, the organisms must what?
What is live within or on each other?
This is the name of a species that starts a new ecosystem - lichen and moss are common examples of them
What is a pioneer species?
This process allows organisms to make their own energy-containing molecules through a process similar to photosynthesis, but rather than using light as the energy source they use chemicals at the bottom of the ocean
What is chemosynthesis?
This term means organisms in the same population are competing for resources
What is intraspecific competition?